Thoughts on Sherri Papini?

[kymom99]

I wonder when her husband found out the truth? So crazy!

I actually believed her story when this first happened. It's definitely a Gone Girl situation now!

Just heard her husband filed for divorce.

 

[bcla]

Just heard her husband filed for divorce.

Could be for financial reasons to protect any assets he has from seizure since she's supposed to pay about $300K in restitution. I remember way back when Derek Chauvin was on trial, his wife filed for divorce and supposedly got the house and most of their assets. There were hints that it was done to protect their assets from being impounded to pay for any monetary judgements.

 

[fla4fun]

I would probably file for divorce too. I mean, if someone went to all that trouble to get away from me for a while, I would figure they weren’t really interested in staying with me anymore. I have always felt bad for him, since this whole ordeal began, and definitely once it came out that she had lied about the whole thing.

 

[happily single]

I always felt like this was staged. I’m not sure why her wedding photos really “spoke” to me. The way she looks into the camera. They were beautiful pics, but they were spooky

 

[pezheadmeg]

I read somewhere the main reason he flied was to protect the kids. It sounds like she’s only getting supervised visitation pre sentence.

You have to feel for them, they were little enough when it happened—not to young to be hidden from it all now.

 

[bcla]

Sentencing is scheduled for this Monday in Sacramento. After her plea bargain, the feds and her attorneys are both recommending 8 months and then supervised release. Most likely she would be spending it at FCI Dublin. That's a minimum-security women's prison in an area near Alameda County's Santa Rita Jail.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/...case-nears-end-monday-sentencing/10367516002/​

The sensational saga of Sherry Papini — the married Mountain Gate mom who lied about being kidnapped when she was actually with a boyfriend who drove to Redding to pick her up — is drawing to a close after being global news for the past six years.​

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During a court hearing in Sacramento on Monday morning, Papini will find out whether she is heading to prison for lying to the FBI and defrauding government officials.​

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In court papers filed on Wednesday, attorneys for the U.S. government said Papini should get an eight-month prison sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, no fine and a mandatory special assessment of $200 "to promote respect for the law."​

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"This low end Guidelines sentence is consistent with the terms of the parties' plea agreement," U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert wrote to U.S District Court Judge William Shubb, who will rule on Papini's fate.​

 

[TLSnell1981]

I've never heard of these people. Seeing comments here that there is an ongoing investigation and giving interviews? They can't be very bright.

 

[bcla]

18 months plus three years supervised release. Honestly it seems rather extreme.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/...ornia-mom-prison-sentencing-2022/10401973002/​

Sherri Papini, the Mountain Gate mom who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Sacramento federal court judge on Monday.​

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Under maximum sentencing guidelines, Papini could have received up to five years in prison for making false statements to the FBI and a 20-year sentence for mail fraud.​

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Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb gave Papini a longer sentence than the government prosecutors' recommendation, which was 8 months, followed by three years of supervised release. The judge said he choose the longer sentence to deter others.​

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"We have to make sure that crime does not pay" and deter potential copycats looking for sympathy or money, Shubb said. The judge called Papini "a manipulator" and said that the public needs "to be sent the right message."​

 

[Mokat76]

18 months plus three years supervised release. Honestly it seems rather extreme.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/...ornia-mom-prison-sentencing-2022/10401973002/​

Sherri Papini, the Mountain Gate mom who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Sacramento federal court judge on Monday.​

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Under maximum sentencing guidelines, Papini could have received up to five years in prison for making false statements to the FBI and a 20-year sentence for mail fraud.​

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Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb gave Papini a longer sentence than the government prosecutors' recommendation, which was 8 months, followed by three years of supervised release. The judge said he choose the longer sentence to deter others.​

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"We have to make sure that crime does not pay" and deter potential copycats looking for sympathy or money, Shubb said. The judge called Papini "a manipulator" and said that the public needs "to be sent the right message."​

Really? Why do you think that? She lied. She defrauded. She indulged in racist accusations. She acted like the victim for years and only stopped when she got confronted with the evidence. She destroyed her family. She’s a miserable excuse for a human being.

 

[bcla]

Really? Why do you think that? She lied. She defrauded. She indulged in racist accusations. She acted like the victim for years and only stopped when she got confronted with the evidence. She destroyed her family. She’s a miserable excuse for a human being.

Because the prosecutors recommended 8 months and the probation officers recommended 1 month.

 

[GAN]

Because the prosecutors recommended 8 months and the probation officers recommended 1 month.

Judge has the final say …there are situations when a prosecutor’s recommendation carries some weight, but this wasn’t one of them apparently. Not sure why a probation officer would ever have an opinion. I think she should be happy it wasn’t worse …she ate up valuable resources that could have been used helping more deserving citizens.

 

[bcla]

Judge has the final say …there are situations when a prosecutor’s recommendation carries some weight, but this wasn’t one of them apparently. Not sure why a probation officer would ever have an opinion. I think she should be happy it wasn’t worse …she ate up valuable resources that could have been used helping more deserving citizens.

It's normal procedure from Rule 32(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_32​

(c) Presentence Investigation.​

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(1) Required Investigation.​

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(A) In General. The probation officer must conduct a presentence investigation and submit a report to the court before it imposes sentence unless:​

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(i) 18 U.S.C. §3593 (c) or another statute requires otherwise; or​

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(ii) the court finds that the information in the record enables it to meaningfully exercise its sentencing authority under 18 U.S.C. §3553, and the court explains its finding on the record.​

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(B) Restitution. If the law permits restitution, the probation officer must conduct an investigation and submit a report that contains sufficient information for the court to order restitution.​

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(2) Interviewing the Defendant. The probation officer who interviews a defendant as part of a presentence investigation must, on request, give the defendant's attorney notice and a reasonable opportunity to attend the interview.​

 

[GoingSince1990]

18 months plus three years supervised release. Honestly it seems rather extreme.

https://www.redding.com/story/news/...ornia-mom-prison-sentencing-2022/10401973002/​

Sherri Papini, the Mountain Gate mom who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Sacramento federal court judge on Monday.​

​

Under maximum sentencing guidelines, Papini could have received up to five years in prison for making false statements to the FBI and a 20-year sentence for mail fraud.​

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Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb gave Papini a longer sentence than the government prosecutors' recommendation, which was 8 months, followed by three years of supervised release. The judge said he choose the longer sentence to deter others.​

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"We have to make sure that crime does not pay" and deter potential copycats looking for sympathy or money, Shubb said. The judge called Papini "a manipulator" and said that the public needs "to be sent the right message."​

18 months for repeatedly lying to the police and causing an entire racial group to be viewed with hatred and suspicion is not at all "extreme" IMO. Hopefully this sentence will knock some sense into her and deter others from pulling similar stunts.

 

[GAN]

It's normal procedure from Rule 32(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_32​

(c) Presentence Investigation.​

​

(1) Required Investigation.​

​

(A) In General. The probation officer must conduct a presentence investigation and submit a report to the court before it imposes sentence unless:​

​

(i) 18 U.S.C. §3593 (c) or another statute requires otherwise; or​

​

(ii) the court finds that the information in the record enables it to meaningfully exercise its sentencing authority under 18 U.S.C. §3553, and the court explains its finding on the record.​

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(B) Restitution. If the law permits restitution, the probation officer must conduct an investigation and submit a report that contains sufficient information for the court to order restitution.​

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(2) Interviewing the Defendant. The probation officer who interviews a defendant as part of a presentence investigation must, on request, give the defendant's attorney notice and a reasonable opportunity to attend the interview.​

I know about the PSI, I’m questioning why a judge would follow their recommendation -in this case 1-month. The PSI is to gather information and present it to the judge and attorneys, so the judge can make an informed sentence.

 

[Carol_]

18 months for repeatedly lying to the police and causing an entire racial group to be viewed with hatred and suspicion is not at all "extreme" IMO. Hopefully this sentence will knock some sense into her and deter others from pulling similar stunts.

I doubt it’ll do either. She’s a weirdo. People who do this stuff are weirdos seeking attention. They know the risks, but don’t care because the payoff is oodles of that good good attention.

 

[pezheadmeg]

I’m so not reviver but:

https://nypost.com/2023/08/26/calif...who-fake-her-kidnapping-released-from-prison/

 

[barkley]

i hope her husband was granted full legal and physical custody and any visition what so ever-is HIGHLY monitored.

 

[bcla]

I looked it up and she did her time in FCI Victorville, which is medium security. I would have thought that she would have been at FCI Dublin.

 

[bcla]

She was a rep for AT&T in a store I helped manage. She was a nice person every time I spoke to her.

Old topic I know, but there some updates with a Hulu documentary coming out tomorrow.

https://www.hulu.com/series/perfect...i-papini-95f86963-a7f7-4e5f-8da5-7477f319a299

I heard about the documentary in a local opinion piece. But it mentions the possibility that she might have hatched up this scheme after she ran out of money from her severance after leaving AT&T. My undestanding from reading other comments about her is that she would go around to various AT&T stores to see that they met company standards for displays and customer service. Not sure how she lost that job as there isn't much reporting or even rumors as to why she was terminated.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sherri-papini-only-cared-about-herself-19508931.php​

There’s no black-and-white answer for why Sherri faked her kidnapping. Keith, to this day, seems flummoxed. “I was so adamant that she could never leave her kids,” he says. Wallace believes Sherri’s severance package from AT&T was running out, a financial windfall she’d allegedly used to pay for child care and a breast augmentation. With the responsibilities of life closing back in on her, Wallace thinks she decided to hit the eject button.​

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“Her lifestyle was going to change once she ran out of money. I don’t think she was ready for that,” Wallace says. “But I think she left because that’s how she knew to get away from conflict.”​

I'm not normally one to be salacious, but I didn't hear much reporting about her spending money until this article. She's apparently been spotted in the company of a new boyfriend, although she might have been with him before she was sentenced to prison. Even some talk that the feds might have tried to put a lien on the house she's living in that was purchased by the boyfriend's corporation (pretty common for people with money to have a limited liability corporation buy homes) and then "rented" out to her for cheap. Not sure how they would do that if she doesn't own the house.

She did try to change her appearance when the public might see her, with very light makeup and frumpy clothes. This is the first I heard that she got cosmetic surgery. Saw some photos of her recently, and she looks way different than her photos outside the courthouse. Take what you want about the source.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ap-hoaxer-shares-kiss-boyfriend-landlord.html

 

[barkley]

she's writing a book for families in a similar situation??? who besides her own family has been dealt with a wife/mother who concots a bogus kidnapping scheme with an ex boyfriend that includes making her own branding iron to memorialize the event on her body??? and what is the deal with huffing an alcohol soaked rag worn round your neck as a means of calming yourself

those kids need to be kept as far away from that crazy-train as possible.